Category: MY OBSERVATIONS OF PRESENTATIONS

Here is where I share my ideas and comments about human to human communication. I am mainly interested in communication in a organizational setting. My primary focus is on presentation design and delivery. But I will also be exploring storytelling, writing and some basic design principals. These seem to be undervalued areas of communication in our organizations. I focus on sales presentations at my Win Your Presentation site. So if you are selling an idea, product or service you may want to check that site out as well. I belief that organizations that communicate better perform better. Boring ourselves, our clients or customers is not OK anymore. Please let… Read More

Robin Williams (the designer and Shakespeare aficionado – not the comedian) has written two books on graphic design. The books are full of tips and insights that will take your presentation visuals to the next level. She created The Non-Designer’s Presentation Book for people who create their own presentation visuals (slides). It walks you through creating slides using professional design concepts. I highly recommend it. Her other book is the Non Designer Design Book. This book is for people who need to design professional looking documents. It’s targeted at people who have no background or formal training in graphic design. People who from time to time need to put together things… Read More

In 1971 country western singer Jerry Reed had a hit called “When you’re hot you’re hot … when you’re not you’re not”. This is a concept that all presenters can relate to. Do you have a hot connection with the audience, or … not? Recently I was booked to do a sales presentation on a Monday, at 8:30 p.m. I knew it would be a long day for the audience members as most had been at work since 7:00 a.m. I also didn’t know them so there was no prior relationship to build on. With those two things in mind I felt I needed to design the presentation to be… Read More